A B757-200's right engine did not produce rated climb thrust after takeoff. An emergency was declared with a return to land.

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Attributes
ACN	813499
Time
Date	200811
Place
Locale Reference	airport : zzz.airport
State Reference	US
Altitude	msl single value : 13000
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Weather Elements	other
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B757-200
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	climbout : initial climbout : initial
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
ASRS Report	813499
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical
Independent Detector	aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : engine instruments other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	flight crew : diverted to another airport flight crew : landed in emergency condition flight crew : declared emergency
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Aircraft
Primary Problem	Aircraft

Narrative:

After takeoff while setting climb thrust the right engine would not produce full rated climb thrust. Reset tmc computer and eec computers but engine continued to not produce rated thrust. After contacting dispatch and conferring with dispatcher and maintenance control it was decided best course of action was to return to ZZZ. Overweight landing accomplished. Emergency declared with ATC.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A B757-200'S RIGHT ENGINE DID NOT PRODUCE RATED CLIMB THRUST AFTER TAKEOFF. AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED WITH A RETURN TO LAND.

Narrative: AFTER TKOF WHILE SETTING CLB THRUST THE R ENG WOULD NOT PRODUCE FULL RATED CLB THRUST. RESET TMC COMPUTER AND EEC COMPUTERS BUT ENG CONTINUED TO NOT PRODUCE RATED THRUST. AFTER CONTACTING DISPATCH AND CONFERRING WITH DISPATCHER AND MAINT CTL IT WAS DECIDED BEST COURSE OF ACTION WAS TO RETURN TO ZZZ. OVERWT LNDG ACCOMPLISHED. EMER DECLARED WITH ATC.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of May 2009 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.